Chapter 15: Battle of Adriatic (7)
The pirates raised their sails and sailed day and night towards the Olus fleet. The Clippers of the Pirate Kingdom are the highest-speed ships in the world today, but Pocarios still disliked the speed too slow and urged and scolded for a while.
At night, Pocarios fell asleep on a stack of chain mail pillow, but Ella did not. The quiet night inspired her wisdom and allowed her to analyze the current situation more rationally.
"During the day, I was anxious and wanted to rush back. Now think about it carefully. Even if we see Olus, what can I say? The enemy transmits intelligence by land? The small country on the Apennine Peninsula is leaning towards the island republic? Or is the enemy's garrison in Calabria? The enemy's fleet has set off, and all these intelligence has expired!"
"In other words, we don't have to hurry back in a hurry?" Amy, who was also not sleeping, asked.
"No, we must hurry up. The enemy has been holding on for a long time and now he sets off suddenly. Then there must be a way to deal with Olus' current formation. We must remind Olus to pay attention - but, what is the enemy going to do?"
Olus' plan was to take the lead and force the island republic to fight with it in narrow terrain to give full play to the advantages of the ocean fire.
The island Republic's response was to suspend the war and use the existence of the fleet to delay Olus' actions in order to gain time.
However, this response plan for the Island Republic is not a long-term solution after all. Although the landing of the Qiqiu Empire failed, the capital of the Island Republic has been essentially blocked. Relying on a small part of the fleet left in the capital, the Island Republic can barely smuggle across the Apennine Peninsula to convey intelligence to the outside world, and perhaps smuggle a small part of the materials. However, if the materials are to be transported on a large scale to maintain daily consumption, it will definitely be blocked by the army and navy of the Qiqiu Empire. In the long run, the capital of the Island Republic will be out of ammunition and food and have to surrender.
In order to lift the blockade of the capital, the navy of the Island Republic must have a decisive battle with the Olus fleet.
In the past month, what has the Island Republic prepared for this decisive battle?
The first thing Ella thinks of ocean fire. According to Amy's report, the Island Republic is preparing this liquid on a large scale. Ella has seen the "Ocean Fire" of the Island Republic on the hot air balloon in Paracelsus. It will spontaneously ignite when it comes into contact with the air and explode when it touches the water. Its nature is so fierce that it has surpassed the real ocean fire in the hands of the Seven Hills Empire.
However, this weapon cannot be avoided by the eyes and ears of the Qiqiu Empire Army and transported from the capital to Calabria on a large scale, so as to give the navy stationed there. The only one who can carry this weapon is the small fleet stationed in the capital of the Island Republic. In this way, it seems that it does not give the Island Republic a chance to win.
What made Ella even more concerned was that the northwest winds have been these days.
The power of the ocean fire lies in the fire. On narrow terrain, the enemy ships are difficult to avoid and disperse. In addition, their ability to burn on water has allowed the fire to spread rapidly. The fleet of the Island Republic was in a downward vent when it was launched this time, which further encouraged the power of the ocean fire. It is hard to imagine that the enemy, which has been delayed for more than a month, would choose to fight with Olus at this time. Could it be that the supplies of the Island Republic can no longer hold on?
At this time, Amy asked from the side, "My Majesty, what would you do if you command Olus' fleet?"
"I? If I say that, I will use the currently selected battlefield as bait for a month. Since the enemy has obtained information, the battlefield will only have rigid defensive meaning. No matter how strong the fortress is, it will be broken. It is very dangerous to keep the enemy in a way to break through. It is better to defeat the enemy and lead the enemy to a new narrow terrain - although from the perspective of the terrain, it may be worse than the place Olus has chosen now, but it will definitely have a greater effect."
Amy sighed: "It's a pity that His Majesty cannot appear directly in front of Olus, nor can he directly give orders to him."
When I crossed the Black Sea Strait, Ella decided to go to the Strait of Gibraltar on her way back to avoid meeting Olus again. This time, as a mercenary, she initially thought about avoiding the blockade of the fleet and then running away. Now it has become a situation where she has to report military information with Olus, and she always has to find a way to avoid meeting Olus directly. As for what to do, because there is an emergency, Ella has not yet considered it. In short, there must be a way before the car arrives at the mountain.
Ella glanced at Pocarios who was sleeping heavily.
"I will tell him my plan at dawn tomorrow and find a way to convince Olus."
The next morning, after the night faded, several ships appeared in front of him. Ella arrived a little badly, and quickly slowed down the fleet and sent only a small boat to check the situation. The opposite side seemed to have noticed Ella's fleet, and also sent a ship to lean towards Ella.
The two sides got closer, and the pirates sent out for investigation hurriedly turned back to Ella and shouted: "The King of Sweden, no, it's a ship from the island republic!"
Ella called out a terrible voice in her heart, and let the Island Republic run ahead.
The fleet of the Island Republic began to slowly turn the bow and face the fleet of Ella. From a distance, this fleet had hundreds of ships of all sizes, and was probably more than ten thousand people in size. There was no doubt that this was the main fleet on which the Island Republic relied for its survival.
Due to the conflict in the Calabria region, the fleet is already in a state of hostility with Ella.
"There is no way, withdraw!"
Ella turned around and ran away. Fortunately, the other party had no intention of chasing, Ella's fleet was fast, and there was no substantial conflict between the two sides.
Before Pocarios could stretch, he received the bad news that the island Republic fleet had already entered the Adriatic Sea first.
"It's over, everything is over!" Pocarios shouted with his head in his arms, "The enemy has entered the Adriatic Sea first!"
"Maybe it's not that bad," said Ella. "I said before that even if they enter the Adriatic Sea, they may not be able to fight Olus immediately..."
"Why don't you understand? It's really over! Even if they confront the general's fleet for ten days and half a month, we can't go around them! In this U-shaped bay, it's impossible to avoid their fleet and go around them! Can we still let the ship fly and bypass them?"
Chapter completed!